diff --git a/backend/src/routes/projects.py b/backend/src/routes/projects.py
index a97c773..f6baa43 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/projects.py
+++ b/backend/src/routes/projects.py
@@ -1,66 +1,96 @@
 import logging
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
-from fastapi import APIRouter, status, Path
-from src.models.project import ProjectCreate, ProjectRead
+import sqlalchemy.exc
+from fastapi import APIRouter, status, Path, Depends, HTTPException
+from sqlmodel import Session, select
+
+from src import database
+from src.models.project import ProjectCreate, ProjectRead, Project
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix='/projects', tags=["Projects"])
 
 
 @router.get("/", response_model=list[ProjectRead], summary="Get a list of all projects")
-async def all_projects() -> list[ProjectRead]:
+async def all_projects(
+        *,
+        session: Session = Depends(database.get_session)
+) -> list[Project]:
     """Returns a list of all projects"""
 
-    return [
-        ProjectRead(
-            name="Learning",
-            start_date=datetime.now(),
-            duration=timedelta(days=3, hours=5, minutes=47),
-            records=42
-        ),
-        ProjectRead(
-            name="Sports",
-            start_date=datetime.now(),
-            duration=timedelta(hours=14, minutes=10),
-            records=10
-        ),
-        ProjectRead(
-            name="Gaming",
-            start_date=datetime.now(),
-            duration=timedelta(hours=3, minutes=2),
-            records=5
-        )
-    ]
+    projects = session.exec(select(Project)).all()
+    return projects
 
 
-@router.post("/", status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED, summary="Add a project")
-async def add_project(project: ProjectCreate):
+@router.post("/", status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED, summary="Add a project", response_model=ProjectRead)
+async def add_project(
+        *,
+        project: ProjectCreate,
+        session: Session = Depends(database.get_session)
+):
     """Add a project."""
 
-    print('adding project', project)
+    db_project = Project.from_orm(project)
+    session.add(db_project)
+    session.commit()
+    session.refresh(db_project)
+    return db_project
 
 
 @router.get("/{name}", response_model=ProjectRead, summary="Get a project by name")
-async def get_project(name: str = Path(..., title="Name of the module")) -> ProjectRead:
+async def get_project(
+        *,
+        name: str = Path(..., title="Name of the module"),
+        session: Session = Depends(database.get_session)
+) -> Project:
     """Fetch a project by name."""
 
-    return ProjectRead(
-        name=name,
-        start_date=datetime.now(),
-        duration=timedelta(hours=3, minutes=2),
-        records=5
-    )
+    try:
+        project = session.exec(select(Project).where(Project.name == name)).one()
+        return project
+    except sqlalchemy.exc.NoResultFound:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
 
 
 @router.delete("/{name}", status_code=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT, summary="Delete a project by name")
-async def delete_project(name: str = Path(..., title="Name of the module")):
+async def delete_project(
+        *,
+        name: str = Path(..., title="Name of the module"),
+        session: Session = Depends(database.get_session)
+):
     """Delete a module specified by name."""
 
-    logging.debug(f"Deleting module {name}")
+    project = session.exec(select(Project).where(Project.name == name)).one()
+    session.delete(project)
+    session.commit()
+    # TODO: This method implicitly returns None, which will be converted to null by FastAPI, which triggers a
+    #  warning, because the method returns with header HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT, but has content
 
 
-@router.patch("/{name}", summary="Apply partial updates to a project by name")
-async def patch_project(project: ProjectCreate, name: str = Path(..., title="Name of the module")):
+@router.patch(
+    "/{name}",
+    status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK,
+    response_model=ProjectRead,
+    summary="Apply partial updates to a project by name"
+)
+async def patch_project(
+        *,
+        project: ProjectCreate,
+        name: str = Path(..., title="Name of the module"),
+        session: Session = Depends(database.get_session)
+) -> Project:
     """Apply partial updates to a project."""
 
-    logging.debug(f"Patching project {name} with {project}")
+    try:
+        db_project = session.exec(select(Project).where(Project.name == name)).one()
+    except sqlalchemy.exc.NoResultFound:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
+
+    # Set all provided arguments in the database project
+    for key, value in project.dict(exclude_unset=True).items():
+        setattr(db_project, key, value)
+
+    session.add(db_project)
+    session.commit()
+    session.refresh(db_project)
+    return db_project